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HOLDER FOR PENS, PBNGILS, &c.

No. 356,996'. Patented Feb.v 1, 1887.

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FREDERICK vJ. IV. FISCHER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY, OF'NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOLDER FOR PENS, P.EN IO|LS,&C.

SPECIFICATION forming part er Lettere Patent Ne. sseesedated February 1, 1887.

Application sieri october i4, ieee.

[O articleswhich is known as`a drop or gravity holder-that is to say, a holder in which the pen, pencil, or otherarticle is combined with a sheathgor case in which it can move back and forth within prescribed limr its, and with locking or retaining mechanism by which it is held either in protruded or in retracted posit-ion. An article of this general descriptionis disclosed in Letters Patent heretofore granted tov myselfgand to others, and notablyin Reissued Letters Patent No. 10,335, of June 5, 1883.

The improvement, generally stated, consists in combining,witli .the sheath, the pressurecap, and the retracting-spring of such a 5 holder, a plug or stopper which is adapted to iit and close the mouth of the sheath, anda pusher-rod connected at one end tothe pressure-cap and hinged or loosely jointed at the other end to theplug or stopper. The 3o pusher-rod, through the action of the retracting-spring, serves to draw the 'plug or stopper into or over the mouth of the sheath, so as to close it. By depressing the pressu re cap against the stress of the spring the pusher-rod `3,5 is moved forward, carrying with it the plug or stopper, which, by reason of its being hung 'vlooselyto the rod, `will tilt to one side to permit the pen or other article contained within the sheath to protrude beyond it. The whole 4o device is cheap, easily made, and efficient:

The nature ofmy invention and the manner in which the same is or may be carried into effect can best beV explained and under-T4i stood by reference to the accompanying draw`" ings, in Whichv Figure 1 is a-longitudinal central section of a holder embodying my invention in its simplest form, the pen-holder proper being represented in retracted position. Fig. 2 is a 5o like section with the pen-holder proper in Serial No. 216,252. (No model.)

protruded position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view-of the pen-holder proper detached. Fig. 4is a perspective view'of the cover or stop per and mechanism for operating the same. Fig. 5is a perspective view of the complete 55 device with the pen-holder proper protruded. and locked in position by the cover or stopper.

The device consists of a tubular sheath or` case, A, which is the handle, a tubular penholder proper, B, loose Within the sheath and 6o free to slide back andforth therein, a cover or stopper, C, fitted to and adapted to close the mouth of the sheath, a pressure-cap, D, a retractingspring, E, a spring-case, F, 'fitting and secured in the rear end ofthe sheath, and a pusher, G, which in this instance is arod passing through an aperture in the bottom of the spring-case, (in 4which it can slide,) attached' at its rear end to the pressurecap and jointed or linked at its front end to the cover 7o or stopper C. The part C is thus hung to the pusher somewhat after the fashion of a bellclapper, and when pushed forward away from the mouth of the s heath can be tilted or pushed to one side. The pusher-rod passes through the interior of thetubular pen-holder proper. Under the arrangement shown the cover or stopper isspring-controlled and normally held yin a position, as shown in Fig. 1,' in whichit closes the mouth of the` sheath, thus prevent- 8O ing ink from getting out or dirt from getting in. When the device is held mouth downward and the pressure-cap is pushed forward, the cover or stopper is thereby caused to drop away from the mouth of the sheath, and the S 5 pen-holder proper then descends by gravity as far as permitted, pushing to one side the cover. f At the point in the penholder opposite which the cover comes when the former has dropped as far as it can Vthere is formed a 9o notch or indentation, a, into'which the cover, when pressure is removed from the pressuremap, is drawn by the stress of the retracting- 4"spring, thus locking the pen-holder in its protruded position. rlhus the cover serves not 95 vonly as a cover, but also as a detent to hold the pen-holder proper in either one of the two positions represented in Figs. 1 and 2,respect ively.V l Having described my improvement and the xcO best way now known to me of carrying the l and arranged and adapted to operate in consame into effect, what I claim herein as new nection with the sheath and the penh0lder, and of my own invention is as fellows: substantially as and for the purposes herein- The combination of the sheath or handle, before set forth. 5 the freely-sliding pen-holder or other article In testimony whereof I have hereunto set i 5 contained therein and provided with a tubumy hand this 12th dey of October, 1886.

lar shank or stem, the pressure-cap, the re- FREDERICK J. XV. FISCHER.v tractingspring, the pusher-rod connected to Vitnesses: said pressure-cap, and the cover or stopper SAMUEL KRiiUs, l

Io hinged or loosely jointed to the pushenrod ED. THIEMANN. L

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